Enterprise project outline code

[Marco]

We have 3 types of projects (R&D; Product; customer) and the type of project
is stored in an enterprise project outline code.
For R&D Projects we need a second outline code "Funding"
For Product projects we need a second outline code "product group"
For customer projects we need a second outline code "country"

These codes do not overlap but they are required for these projects. How can
I make appear the second outline code funding for example if the first
outline code is set to R&D projects ?

Thanks for any help.

Marco

 

[Gérard Ducouret]

Hello Marco,
Try this structure :

Customer
Canada
France
USA
Product
Product Group A
Product Group B
Product Group C
R&D
Funding X
Funding Y
Funding Z

Hope this helps,

Gérard Ducouret

 

[Marco]

Hi Gérard,

Thanks, I get the idea but these properties are "Required" fields for a
specific type of project. It makes no sense to use the property "country" for
an R&D project, neither it makes sense to use the property "Funding" for a
customer project.
The "Funding" property is required IF it is a R&D project.
I could maybe solve it with an additional list item "Not applicable" for
example but the question is how to handle the "IF condition".

Marco

 

[dwolf]

Marco,

It requires a bit more work, but you can combine the information in
futher levels of the outine code... Something like this structure:

Product
Product Group A
Product Group B
Product Group C
Customer
Customer 1
Customer 2
Customer 3
Customer 4
Our Company
R&D
Funding X
Funding Y
Funding Z
B&P
CAP
Country
Spain
France
England
USA

DWolf

 

[Gary L. Chefetz [MVP]]

Marco:

Despite your protest, Gerard's advice is spot-on. You might also select to
allow only selections with no subordinate values to prevent your users from
simply checking the first level attribute.

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